ago while driving home at night with the bright headlights on for a long
> time, all of a sudden the bright lights turned themselves off. Flicked the
> high beam/low beam lever and the low beams came on. Flicking the lever
again
> to get the high beams back on produced no high beams and no blue high beam
> indicator light. However, a few minutes later, everything returned to
> normal

Yes, I had seen this...Shortly thereafter, my headlight switch went out...I
replaced and no probs since.  Maybe a coincidence.

Look at  the wiring diagram in the Bentley .  I bet there is a really
involved.  I would clean the connections on it.  Could be the column switch
needs cleaned up, too, if  you are not shy of pulling the steering wheel.

Adam P

81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick)
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian and Carol Megas" <bmegas@ISLAND.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 12:00 AM
Subject: headlight question

> We bought an 86 Westy last October and of couse it is great. A few months
>. This happened on three different occassions, and since then I just
> haven't really been out much at night long enough to see if the problem
> remains. When I looked at the wiring diagram, I got hopelessly confused.
> Anybody had the same problem?
>
> Thanks, Brian
>
>
>
>
> Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas
>    Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0
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>